Felines dining in style...

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Felines dining in style...
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 7:55am

http://www.turnto10.com/news/3668775/detail.html


Felines Dine In Style At New Cat Cafe
Eatery Designed Especially For Cats


POSTED: 8:58 am EDT August 20, 2004

UPDATED: 11:44 am EDT August 20, 2004


NEW YORK -- Dressed in a tuxedo, Simba sat at the front of one of Manhattan's newest dining establishments and nodded at people who greeted him.

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Then he yawned, began to roll on the floor and lick his paws.

That's acceptable behavior at the Meow Mix Cafe, a new eatery designed especially for cats and their human owners.

Simba, an 8-month-old kitten, was joined by about two dozen other tabbies, Persians and Burmese for a feast at Tuesday's grand opening of the cafe, which is owned by the Meow Mix Company, a Secaucus, N.J.-based cat food maker.

"Why not take your cat out for dinner?" asked Simba's owner, Leah Thompson, 19. "There's always things for dogs, but never cats."

The midtown restaurant serves Meow Mix packets for its feline customers with corresponding dishes to satisfy human palates. "Deep Sea Delight" mackerel for cats is paired with tuna rolls for cat owners; "Upstream Dream" salmon for felines corresponds with mini crab cakes for humans.

Meow Mix president and CEO Richard Thompson said the feline-friendly restaurant has two main rules: no dogs and no catnip, which must be checked at the door.

"Our goal is to keep cats happy," Thompson said. "The idea is that you can bring them and start socializing them."

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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 9:39am
That is unreal!!! I am not sure about that...

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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 9:45am
LOL seems like something you might see in New York! :-)

 

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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 10:06am

That is so funny. I don't think my kitties would go for that, but it's cute.



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